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Old Posted Feb 8, 2024, 2:04 PM
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I like that they visually attempted to break up the block with setbacks. It ultimately fails as it doesn't extend to the boring streetl evel

Vancouverism is about land use through city planning. In my humblest opinion, no city planner would be impressed by "Torontoism" to coin the word. Developers running amok with whatever community planning in place compromised with each settlement. The Transit Oriented Community master plans around new (suburban) transit station development seem to be designed around a housing quota than a desirable higher density community. Shrewd developers will take notice and up that quota even higher.

None of the modernist suburban high rises built in Toronto are failures. They are occupied some 60 years later. They aren't entirely successes either. Their market values, both condo and rental, are meh. The units are airy by comparison The scale is under 20 storeys with typically 3 elevators for around 200 units and 4 for over 300 units.
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